Days of the Omer 1397 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5157

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot ㊾

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5157 began on and ended on .

Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha’omer, Hebrew: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot. The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews, and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews, and ends the day before the holiday of Shavuot, the ‘fiftieth day.’.

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Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 1394 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5154
Days of the Omer 1395 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5155
Days of the Omer 1396 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5156
Days of the Omer 1397 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5157
Days of the Omer 1398 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5158
Days of the Omer 1399 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5159
Days of the Omer 1400 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5160
Days of the Omer 1401 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5161
Days of the Omer 1402 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5162
Days of the Omer 1403 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5163
Days of the Omer 1404 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5164

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Counting of the Omer” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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